Eckmann to Lead High-Rise Group

David Eckmann, principal in Chicago of Seattle-based Magnusson Klemencic Associates, was named chair of the Chicago Committee on High-Rise Buildings.

Other new members of the executive committee comprise Vice-Chair Peter Weismantle, director of supertall building technology of Chicago-based Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is the new Vice-Chair; Secretary Scott Marker, senior vice president and director of technical architecture of Chicago-based A. Epstein and Sons International Inc.; Treasurer Bruce Lake, president of Chicago-based James McHugh Construction Co.; and Program Director Charles Carter, vice president and chief structural engineer of Chicago-based American Institute of Steel Construction.

The Immediate Past Chair, Steven Riggio, chairman of Elgin-based Riggio Boron Ltd., will continue to serve as a member of the Executive Committee.

Their terms run through May 2010.

Guide Aimed at Helping Engineers

Structural engineers working with building facades have a new resource, “Facade Attachments to Steel-Framed Buildings.”

The publication, AISC Design Guide No. 22, from the Chicago-based American Institute of Steel Construction addresses the design of facade attachments to steel-framed buildings and the structural elements that receive loads from facade attachments. The guide also addresses consideration and coordination of tolerances and reviews several common facade systems that are used in building construction.

The objective is to assist the practicing engineer in achieving economical slab edge details for steel frames that are structurally sound, durable, and accommodating of the performance requirements of the facade system.

This design guide is available as a free download to AISC members or for $80 to nonmembers. For more information, visit www.aisc.org/ePubs on the Internet.

Midwest Student Receives $20K PCA Fellowship

Brian Kootstra, a gradate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, is the recipient of a $20,000 fellowship from the Skokie-based Portland Cement Association Education Foundation.

His research was on the use of stabilized recycled materials in the reconstruction of roads and was advised by Professor Tuncer Edil.

The six other recipients were outside the Midwest. The PCA rewards outstanding masters and doctoral students in the fields of engineering and physical sciences who are studying areas that advance the science and technology of cement and concrete.